United States block respirators supply to Cuba

12.04.2020, Washington.

The company MedicaCuba cannot buy respirators, despite the contract signed with IMT Medical AG and Acutronic manufacturers, because of the United States embargo against Cuba, said Cuban Foreign Ministry representative Eugenio Martínez on his Twitter account on April 12.

According to Martinez, the respirator manufacturers were bought by American companies based in Illinois. As a result, the products of these manufacturers have also fallen under the embargo imposed on Cuba.

Cuba cannot buy medicines and medical equipment from American companies because of the US embargo. In the past few years, the United States Administration has expanded the sanctions regime against Cuba and made it trans-border in essence.

To be noted that a total of 620 cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in Cuba, of which 16 became lethal.

Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency

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